Consultancy

Where you wish to outsource certain services, whether to avoid a recruitment process and an employment relationship, or whether you wish to bring in special skills, you will want to protect your interests such as confidential information, existing and developed intellectual property, and your ability to end the relationship if the relationship deteriorates.
We can help you identify sensible measures to control the risks in your workplace. The law does not expect you to remove all risks, but to protect people by putting measures in place to control those risks. Your risk assessment will tell you whether you should be doing more.

In addition to its employees, an employer needs to consider people who might not be in the workplace all the time, such as visitors, contractors, maintenance workers and people working from home. If members of the public could be hurt by the work activities, an employer also needs to take them into account.

By law, an employer needs to have proper insurance in place to protect against claims arising out of injury or illness caused. Employers’ Liability Insurance will enable an employer to meet the cost of compensation for the employees’ injuries or illnesses whether they are caused on or off site.

Few workplaces stay the same and sooner or later an employer will bring in new equipment or procedures that could lead to new hazards. An employer should therefore review the risk assessment on a regular basis and if anything significant changes, update and amend it.

We are always happy to discuss individual requirements and always aim to offer cost effective advice on the legal issues but also on the practical and commercial issues which arise, with a view to ensuring you have adequate steps in place to cover your liability for health and safety as swiftly and painlessly as possible.

Please contact us for further information.